Housing bills in Congress
Federal housing assistance, mortgage regulation, zoning incentives, and affordable housing.
- Bills this Congress
- 279
- Enacted
- 1
What's moving
The most recent recorded action on any bill in this issue area — committee referrals, floor votes, signatures.
- S. 4040Dakota Water Resources Act Amendments of 2026IntroducedJohn HoevenRNDSep 17, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 655.
- H.R. 10487To amend title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to require project sponsors to offer substance use disorder treatment to persons admitted to emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing, and for other purposes.CommitteeTim BurchettRTNSep 17, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 5889Eviction Helpline ActCommitteeAyanna PressleyDMASep 16, 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 2.
- H.R. 4646Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025CommitteeMonica De La CruzRTXSep 16, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- H.R. 7030Securing Facilities for Mental Health Services ActCommitteeTom EmmerRMNSep 16, 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.
- H.R. 10325To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.CommitteeMaxine WatersDCASep 16, 2026
Ordered to be Reported Unfavorably (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 28.
- S. 5354Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026CommitteeLisa MurkowskiRAKSep 16, 2026
Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held.
- S. 5405A bill to authorize a new type of housing choice voucher to help achieve the goals of ending homelessness among families with children, increasing housing opportunities, and improving life outcomes of poor children.CommitteeChris Van HollenDMDSep 16, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S. 388Promoting Resilient Buildings ActIntroducedJohn CornynRTXSep 15, 2026
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 616.
- H.R. 10316To require the President to declare a national housing emergency and invoke the Defense Production Act to incentivize residential housing production, and for other purposes.CommitteeChrissy HoulahanDPASep 8, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 10225No Federal Taxpayer-Funded Housing for Illegal Aliens Act of 2026CommitteeTim BurchettRTNSep 2, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 10231No Homeless Detention Centers ActCommitteeMaxwell FrostDFLSep 2, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 10230Strengthening Oversight for the Financial Sector Act of 2026CommitteeBill FosterDILSep 2, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 10222No HUD Funding for Sanctuary Cities ActCommitteeTroy DowningRMTSep 2, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 1640HEIRS Act of 2025IntroducedNikema WilliamsDGASep 1, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 693.
- H.R. 5402Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2026IntroducedYoung KimRCASep 1, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 688.
- H.R. 10168To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program to recapture and reallocate rental assistance for veterans, and for other purposes.CommitteeDaniel MeuserRPAAug 27, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 10122To establish a Fortified Roof revolving loan fund to assist State agencies in making grants for the installation of Fortified Roofs, and for other purposes.CommitteeTroy CarterDLAAug 20, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 10110To require the disclosure of algorithmic price fixing in the housing rental market, and for other purposes.CommitteeKathy CastorDFLAug 17, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 10096To establish the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis, and for other purposes.CommitteeMichael LawlerRNYAug 13, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Recently introduced
The latest bills filed in this area, newest first.
- H.R. 10487
- S. 5405
- H.R. 10325To increase the mandatory contribution amount of Federal Home Loan Banks to the Affordable Housing Program, and for other purposes.CommitteeMaxine WatersDCASep 8, 2026
- H.R. 10316
- H.R. 10222No HUD Funding for Sanctuary Cities ActCommitteeTroy DowningRMTSep 2, 2026
- H.R. 10225No Federal Taxpayer-Funded Housing for Illegal Aliens Act of 2026CommitteeTim BurchettRTNSep 2, 2026
- H.R. 10231No Homeless Detention Centers ActCommitteeMaxwell FrostDFLSep 2, 2026
- H.R. 10230Strengthening Oversight for the Financial Sector Act of 2026CommitteeBill FosterDILSep 2, 2026
- H.R. 10168
- H.R. 10122
- H.R. 10110To require the disclosure of algorithmic price fixing in the housing rental market, and for other purposes.CommitteeKathy CastorDFLAug 17, 2026
- H.R. 10084First Time Homebuyer Debt Reduction ActCommitteeJeff CrankRCOAug 13, 2026
- H.R. 10103
- H.R. 10096To establish the Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis, and for other purposes.CommitteeMichael LawlerRNYAug 13, 2026
- H.R. 10075To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt qualified mortgage bonds from the volume cap, and for other purposes.CommitteeDarin LaHoodRILAug 10, 2026
- S. 5366A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow 5-year carrybacks for the low-income housing tax credit.CommitteeRuben GallegoDAZAug 7, 2026
- H.R. 10049Visitable Inclusive Tax credits for Accessible Living (VITAL) ActCommitteeDwight EvansDPAAug 6, 2026
- S. 5284A bill to provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.CommitteeBernie SandersIVTAug 6, 2026
- H.R. 10063To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.CommitteeAlexandria Ocasio-CortezDNYAug 6, 2026
- H.R. 10053To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue loans to certain public employees, and for other purposes.CommitteeMichael LawlerRNYAug 6, 2026
- S. 5285A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve the low-income housing credit.CommitteeAmy KlobucharDMNAug 6, 2026
- S. 5298A bill to facilitate the leasing of United States Postal Service property for the development of housing, and for other purposes.CommitteeChris Van HollenDMDAug 6, 2026
- S. 5354Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Modernization Act of 2026CommitteeLisa MurkowskiRAKAug 6, 2026
- S. 5259A bill to prohibit sanctuary jurisdictions from receiving community development block grants, and for other purposes.CommitteeBill HagertyRTNAug 5, 2026
- S. 5227
- S. 5216A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for qualified accessible housing expenses, and for other purposes.CommitteeAngela AlsobrooksDMDAug 3, 2026
- H.R. 10019Incentivizing Value Capture for Greener Transportation ActCommitteeMark DeSaulnierDCAAug 3, 2026
- H.R. 10023To eliminate asset limits employed by certain federally funded means-tested public assistance programs, and for other purposes.CommitteeJimmy GomezDCAAug 3, 2026
- H.R. 10028
- H.R. 10010To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a grant program to provide grants to eligible entities to create housing units and provide direct homelessness response, supportive housing, and transitional services for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, and for other purposes.CommitteeDebbie Wasserman SchultzDFLJul 30, 2026
Enacted this Congress (1)
Signed into law or enacted over a veto.
- S. 723Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025EnactedJohn ThuneRSDMay 4, 2026
Became Public Law No: 119-88.